san antonio mayor julian castro will be with us. dr. sanjay gupta will join us. comedian david allan grier -- im struggling to speak today -- will join us. it is thursday, november 8th, and "starting point" begins right now. >>> morning, welcome, everybody. let's start with that powerful nor'easter that's coming on the heels of an epic hurricane. it's bringing the northeast once again to its knees. thousands of superstorm sandy victims in new york and in new jersey enduring damaging winds and driving snow and bitter cold temperatures, all in the dark. as of 3:00 this morning, there are close to 700,000 customers in new york and new jersey, who don't have power. that number's rising. more than 1,500 flights have already been canceled, and just when service on the long island rail road was returning to normal, it was again suspended last night. team coverage of this early winter storm. susan candiotti is with us live from asbury park in new jersey. rob marciano is live in staten island, where they are reeling from last week's hurricane. so much damage there, rob. g